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In this Feb. 20, 1962 file photo, an elder warrior with a stone axe over his shoulder stands over the Baliem Valley in the central mountain range of Papua New Guinea. New research published Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 suggests that the genetic ancestry of people living outside Africa can be traced almost completely to a single exodus of humans from that continent long ago. But some native islanders of Papua New Guinea may also carry a tiny legacy from an earlier exit. (AP Photo)

Thousands of locals line a hill behind the guard of honor as Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrived at Jackson's international airport in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Hundreds of bystanders watch as Kepari Leniata, a woman accused of witchcraft, is burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Post Courier)

Hundreds of bystanders watch as Kepari Leniata, a woman accused of witchcraft, is burned alive in the Western Highlands provincial capital of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Post Courier)

World War II veteran Edward Connor tells students at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, Va., stories about his time with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Papua New Guinea, Guadalcanal and the Bismarck Sea Battle during the school's annual World War II Day, called "The Latest Generation Meets the Greatest Generation," on Thursday, June 9, 2011. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)